WTA RANKING Update: Iga SWIATEK pulls further ahead of Aryna SABALENKA due to new rule as Coco GAUFF and Maria SAKKARI benefit
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Iga Swiatek's reign as World No.1 shows no signs of being halted and that has been furthered by a new rule which means a cushion has now developed seeing her less under threat from Aryna Sabalenka.
After last year's US Open, her spot as the leading WTA player was relinquished with Aryna Sabalenka taking top spot until the WTA Finals. The victory over Sabalenka in the semi-finals was vital as she then beat Jessica Pegula to reclaim it but only by 245 points.
Sakkari and Gauff stand to benefit
This meant that a battle was thus set up with Sabalenka, Rybakina and Gauff for top spot at the Australian Open. But 210 points were added this week due to a new points allocation. Previously the ranking was determined by a maximum of 16 tournaments an the WTA Finals and this has been extended. She can now add the figures from Bad Homburg and Tokyo and sees the gap go up to 455 points.
Coco Gauff, the current World No.3 also adds 110 points meaning that there is more separation between herself, Rybakina and Pegula. The effect means that Maria Sakkari has also pulled in front of Karolina Muchova who herself will lose her top 10 spot as a result of withdrawing from the Australian Open.
Sabalenka is also an interesting story to watch with the Belarusian defending her title with Rybakina defending a final. This means a big stack of points will potentially come off and for Gauff in particular, she could benefit.
WTA Ranking as of 02/01/2024
| 1 | Iga Świątek | 22 | POL | 9505 | |
| 2 | Aryna Sabalenka | 25 | BLR | 9050 | |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 19 | USA | 6690 | |
| 4 | Elena Rybakina | 24 | KAZ | 6366 | |
| 5 | Jessica Pegula | 29 | USA | 6180 | |
| 6 | Ons Jabeur | 29 | TUN | 4260 | |
| 7 | Markéta Vondroušová | 24 | CZE | 4046 | |
| 8 | Maria Sakkari | 28 | GRE | 3785 | 1 |
| 9 | Karolína Muchová | 27 | CZE | 3650 | -1 |
| 10 | Barbora Krejčíková | 28 | CZE | 2945 | |
| 11 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 27 | BRA | 2940 | |
| 12 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 26 | LAT | 2830 | 1 |
| 13 | Madison Keys | 28 | USA | 2818 | -1 |
| 14 | Qinwen Zheng | 21 | CHN | 2770 | 1 |
| 15 | Ludmilla Samsonova | 25 | RUS | 2760 | 1 |
| 16 | Veronika Kudermetova | 26 | RUS | 2720 | 3 |
| 17 | Petra Kvitová | 33 | CZE | 2715 | -3 |
| 18 | Daria Kasatkina | 26 | RUS | 2715 | |
| 19 | Belinda Bencic | 26 | SUI | 2572 | -2 |
| 20 | Caroline Garcia | 30 | FRA | 2330 | |
| 21 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 29 | RUS | 2075 | |
| 22 | Magda Linette | 31 | POL | 1921 | 2 |
| 23 | Victoria Azarenka | 34 | BLR | 1916 | -1 |
| 24 | Donna Vekić | 27 | CRO | 1905 | -1 |
| 25 | Elina Svitolina | 29 | UKR | 1809 | |
| 26 | Sorana Cîrstea | 33 | ROU | 1800 | |
| 27 | Anhelina Kalinina | 26 | UKR | 1630 | 1 |
| 28 | Anastasia Potapova | 22 | RUS | 1611 | -1 |
| 29 | Jasmine Paolini | 27 | ITA | 1530 | 1 |
| 30 | Elise Mertens | 28 | BEL | 1506 | -1 |
| 31 | Emma Navarro | 22 | USA | 1480 | 1 |
| 32 | Lesia Tsurenko | 34 | UKR | 1451 | -1 |
| 33 | Lin Zhu | 29 | CHN | 1420 | 4 |
| 34 | Leylah Fernandez | 21 | CAN | 1385 | 1 |
| 35 | Xinyu Wang | 22 | CHN | 1383 | 1 |
| 36 | Marie Bouzková | 25 | CZE | 1353 | -2 |
| 37 | Sofia Kenin | 25 | USA | 1334 | -4 |
| 38 | Marta Kostyuk | 21 | UKR | 1316 | 1 |
| 39 | Karolína Plíšková | 31 | CZE | 1287 | -1 |
| 40 | Linda Nosková | 19 | CZE | 1278 | 1 |
| 41 | Petra Martić | 32 | CRO | 1264 | -1 |
| 42 | Varvara Gracheva | 23 | FRA | 1248 | 1 |
| 43 | Tatjana Maria | 36 | GER | 1215 | 11 |
| 44 | Sloane Stephens | 30 | USA | 1200 | 3 |
| 45 | Caroline Dolehide | 25 | USA | 1193 | -1 |
| 46 | Martina Trevisan | 30 | ITA | 1189 | -4 |
| 47 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 22 | ITA | 1179 | -1 |
| 48 | Anna Blinkova | 25 | RUS | 1170 | 2 |
| 49 | Peyton Stearns | 22 | USA | 1168 | |
| 50 | Kateřina Siniaková | 27 | CZE | 1162 | -5 |
| 51 | Arantxa Rus | 33 | NED | 1149 | |
| 52 | Lucia Bronzetti | 25 | ITA | 1137 | 10 |
| 53 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 27 | ESP | 1126 | -5 |
| 54 | Danielle Collins | 30 | USA | 1090 | -2 |
| 55 | Camila Giorgi | 32 | ITA | 1089 | -2 |
| 56 | Clara Burel | 22 | FRA | 1081 | -1 |
| 57 | Katie Boulter | 27 | GBR | 1075 | -1 |
| 58 | Mirra Andreeva | 16 | RUS | 1060 | -1 |
| 59 | Mayar Sherif | 27 | EGY | 1053 | |
| 60 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 32 | RUS | 1045 | -2 |
| 61 | Cristina Bucșa | 26 | ESP | 1023 | |
| 62 | Nadia Podoroska | 26 | ARG | 1009 | 5 |
| 63 | Yulia Putintseva | 28 | KAZ | 1002 | 3 |
| 64 | Greet Minnen | 26 | BEL | 999 | -4 |
| 65 | Rebeka Masarova | 24 | ESP | 982 | -2 |
| 66 | Ana Bogdan | 31 | ROU | 956 | 3 |
| 67 | Yanina Wickmayer | 34 | BEL | 949 | 4 |
| 68 | Paula Badosa | 26 | ESP | 947 | -4 |
| 69 | Bernarda Pera | 29 | USA | 943 | -4 |
| 70 | Magdalena Fręch | 26 | POL | 937 | 4 |
| 71 | Xiyu Wang | 22 | CHN | 937 | -1 |
| 72 | Lauren Davis | 30 | USA | 935 | -4 |
| 73 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 29 | SVK | 918 | -1 |
| 74 | Elina Avanesyan | 21 | RUS | 917 | -1 |
| 75 | Viktoriya Tomova | 28 | BUL | 906 | 5 |
| 76 | Diane Parry | 21 | FRA | 904 | 3 |
| 77 | Yue Yuan | 25 | CHN | 903 | |
| 78 | Ashlyn Krueger | 19 | USA | 896 | 4 |
| 79 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 33 | ROU | 888 | -4 |
| 80 | Anna Kalinskaya | 25 | RUS | 887 | -4 |
| 81 | Camila Osorio | 22 | COL | 876 | -3 |
| 82 | Taylor Townsend | 27 | USA | 870 | -1 |
| 83 | Tamara Korpatsch | 28 | GER | 847 | 1 |
| 84 | Alycia Parks | 23 | USA | 838 | 1 |
| 85 | Viktorija Golubic | 31 | SUI | 836 | -2 |
| 86 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 29 | BLR | 831 | 4 |
| 87 | Jaqueline Cristian | 25 | ROU | 831 | 2 |
| 88 | Linda Fruhvirtová | 18 | CZE | 829 | 4 |
| 89 | Kayla Day | 24 | USA | 825 | -2 |
| 90 | Zhuoxuan Bai | 21 | CHN | 820 | -2 |
| 91 | Emina Bektas | 30 | USA | 820 | |
| 92 | Laura Siegemund | 35 | GER | 814 | -6 |
| 93 | Nao Hibino | 29 | JPN | 799 | 1 |
| 94 | Océane Dodin | 27 | FRA | 798 | 2 |
| 95 | Claire Liu | 23 | USA | 797 | 3 |
| 96 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 22 | RUS | 793 | 3 |
| 97 | Diana Shnaider | 19 | RUS | 785 | -4 |
| 98 | Dayana Yastremska | 23 | UKR | 767 | 4 |
| 99 | Jodie Burrage | 24 | GBR | 766 | -2 |
| 100 | Bianca Andreescu | 23 | CAN | 765 | -5 |
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